Cybersecurity Archives - The Westside Story

Hackers compromised the personal data of NASA staff

Dec 19, 2018

NASA has warned its employees that hackers may have obtained data that included their personal information, in an internal email. The US space agency says two servers had been compromised that contained the per...

Nationalized 5G plan is the wrong way to address security concerns

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Jan 29, 2018

Business, Opinion, Policy, Science

Late Sunday, a proposal surfaced from Trump administration national security officials suggesting the partial nationalization of America’s mobile communications network. The documents, obtained and first publis...

Thinktank report suggests nuclear weapons could be vulnerable to cyber attacks

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Jan 16, 2018

Policy, Science

According to the international affairs thinktank Chatham House, nuclear weapons systems in countries like the US and Britain have become increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. The report suggests that the is...

Intel should take responsibility for chip flaws, but broader management of risks is needed

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Jan 14, 2018

Business, Innovation, Opinion, Science

Earlier this month, massive security flaws were disclosed in Intel, AMD, and ARM processors from as long ago as 1995. The discovery has massive implications throughout the tech world, since Intel chips are used...

FDA recalls half a million pacemakers, warning they could be hacked

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Sep 5, 2017

Health, Science

The US Food and Drug Administration has recalled nearly half a million pacemakers, out of concern that they could be hacked, draining the battery life or even interfering with a patient’s heartbeat. Instead of ...

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